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unpicturesque

unpicturesque adjective: not picturesque; unattractive.

Adjective

unpicturesque (comparative more unpicturesque, superlative most unpicturesque)

  1. Not picturesque; unattractive.
    • […] warehouses and dwellings of solid brick and carved stone, with doors, window-frames, and breastsummers of stout oak, replaced irregular though not unpicturesque habitations; […1885, Jospeh Fitzgerald Molloy, chapter XIX, in of Royalty Restored; Or, London Under Charles II

Forms of unpicturesque

comparativemore unpicturesque
superlativemost unpicturesque

Origin of unpicturesque

From un- + picturesque.

Words formed from unpicturesque

Questions about unpicturesque

What does unpicturesque mean?
Unpicturesque means not picturesque; unattractive.
What part of speech is unpicturesque?
Unpicturesque is an adjective.

Words near unpicturesque in the dictionary

  1. unpictorially
  2. unpicturability
  3. unpicturable
  4. unpictureable
  5. unpictured
  6. unpicturesque
  7. unpicturesquely
  8. unpicturesqueness
  9. unpiece
  10. unpieced
  11. unpieces

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